Ahsen Yoldemir

In the southeast region of Turkey, the Kurdish family of Altun lives in a small mountainside village plagued by a 25-year war that makes their daily lives a hellish struggle. As the war intensifies, the family is forced to migrate west to the city of Istanbul.

During the period of the Wealth Tax, where many non-Muslims in Turkey were forced to pay higher taxes, often in an arbitrary and unrealistic way. Nimet and Durmuş migrate from Niğde to Istanbul and take shelter with Durmuş's friend Bekir, who finds Durmuş a job at the inn. However, making a living by serving as a porter is not in line with Durmuş's ambitions. He wants everything Halit Bey has, the inn owner. Halit Bey begins to dispose of his property in order to pay the tax stipulated to his beloved wife Nora, who was treated in a nursing home. Wealth Tax has begun to affect everyone's destiny.

A matriarch and her grandson forge a special bond during family picnics every two months, until her health causes a conflict among the relatives.

Set in Istanbul's Bayrampaşa district, the film conveys the district's unique vocabulary, friendship, and loyalty to the fullest. An exciting and comical story set in the present day, featuring people who lived their youth in the streets and were shaped by the neighborhood culture of the 1980s...